Michael Hartel (1997)

Michael has been working
in the film business for about 8 years. He finished the Feature
films: "The Namesake", "Fast Track", "The Brave One" and "The Black
Donnelly's" on NBC. He is working on: "Six Degrees" on ABC.

Mike
works as a location manager in charge of all filming "on location" in New
York City. He has worked with Jim Jarmusch, John Tuturro, Robert
Deniro, Al Pacino, John Polson, Mira Nair, Michael Almeraeda, Paul Haggis,
Nicholas Cage, Dakota Fanning, NBC, ABC, Disney, Fox, HBO MGM, SONY, and
many more.

He has produced a number of short films as well as directed five of my
own plus a music video. He has a production company which is currently
working on a project producing video content for handheld devices.

Mike says, "I started as an intern and worked my way up the ladder. I
decided to go into locations because I get to work directly with the
Producers and Directors in telling the story, I have a big impact on the
look of the film and I get to work with all the departments, camera, grip,
electric, set dressing etc..."